Observations and Simulations of a Breaking Mountain Wave Associated with an Aircraft Accident Induced by Clear-Air Turbulence

F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, D. Levinson (CIRES), W. D. Hall (NCAR), T. L. Clark (NCAR), A. Marroquin (CIRA), S. G. Benjamin

Figure 4. Synoptic conditions at 300 mb (geopotential heights (dm), bold; isotachs (m/s) thin) show the approach of a 70 m/s jetstream core aloft which followed the development of a downslope windstorm in Boulder, and significantly changed the mountain wave behavior over just a few hours.

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